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ἐπήκοος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπήκοος

Structure: ἐπηκο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)pakou/w

Sense

listening or giving ear to
within hearing, within ear-shot

Declension

First/Second declension

		M/F	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἐπήκοος	ἐπήκοον
	Genitive	ἐπηκόου	ἐπηκόου
	Dative	ἐπηκόῳ	ἐπηκόῳ
	Accusative	ἐπήκοον	ἐπήκοον
	Vocative	ἐπήκοε	ἐπήκοον
Dual	N/A/V	ἐπηκόω	ἐπηκόω
Dual	G/D	ἐπηκόοιν	ἐπηκόοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἐπήκοοι	ἐπήκοα
	Genitive	ἐπηκόων	ἐπηκόων
	Dative	ἐπηκόοις	ἐπηκόοις
	Accusative	ἐπηκόους	ἐπήκοα
	Vocative	ἐπήκοοι	ἐπήκοα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἐπήκοος ἐπηκόου	ἐπηκοότερος ἐπηκοοτέρου	ἐπηκοότατος ἐπηκοοτάτου
Adverb	ἐπηκόως	ἐπηκοότερον	ἐπηκοότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

εἰ καὶ πρότερόν ποτ’ ἐπηκόω ἤλθετον, <ἔλθετε> νῦν, ἀφίκεσθ’ ἱκετεύομεν ἐνθάδε χἠμῖν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Choral, antistrophe 21)
παρῆν δὲ καὶ Σεύθησ βουλόμενοσ εἰδέναι τί πραχθήσεται, καὶ ἐν ἐπηκόῳ εἱστήκει ἔχων ἑρμηνέα· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 6 10:2)
αὐτὸσ δὲ τοὺσ μὲν πλείουσ τῶν ἱππέων ὡρμημένουσ ὁρῶν καὶ πρὶν ἀφικέσθαι βοήθειαν, ἔστιν δ’ οὓσ ἡσυχῆ πρὸσ τὸ πλῆθοσ τῶν Ιοὐδαίων καταπεπληγότασ, ἐν ἐπηκόῳ στὰσ ἔλεξεν ὧδε· (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 561:2)
Οὗτοσ περιιὼν τὸ τεῖχοσ καὶ πειρώμενοσ ἔξω τε βέλουσ εἶναι καὶ ἐν ἐπηκόῳ, πολλὰ κατηντιβόλει φείσασθαι μὲν αὑτῶν καὶ τοῦ δήμου, φείσασθαι δὲ τῆσ πατρίδοσ καὶ τοῦ ἱεροῦ μηδὲ γενέσθαι πρὸσ ταῦτα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ἀπαθεστέρουσ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 413:1)
πεντακοσίουσ τῶν Μεσσηνίων, οὓσ μάλιστα ἠπίστατο αὑτῶν ἀφειδῶσ ἔχοντασ, ἀποκρίνασ ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ, ἤρετο σφᾶσ ἐν ἐπηκόῳ τῶν τε ἄλλων Ἀρκάδων καὶ Ἀριστοκράτουσ, ἅτε ὄντα προδότην οὐκ εἰδώσ ‐ ἀνανδρίᾳ γὰρ καὶ ὑπὸ δειλίασ φυγεῖν τότε ἤδη Ἀριστοκράτην τῆσ μάχησ καὶ οὐ διὰ κακίαν οὐδεμίαν ἐδόξαζεν αὐτόν, ὥστε ἐναντίον καὶ τούτου τοὺσ πεντακοσίουσ ἤρετο ‐ , εἰ τιμωροῦντεσ τῇ πατρίδι ἀποθνήσκειν σὺν αὑτῷ ἐθελήσουσι. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 22 5:2)

Synonyms

listening or giving ear to
- ὑπήκους (giving ear, listening to)
- κατήκους (giving ear to)
- εὐήκους (inclined to give ear)

Συριστί (in the Syrian language)
ἱκετεύω (to approach as a suppliant)
Πυθώδε (to Pytho)
διαμαρτύρομαι (to protest solemnly)
Κάριος ()
Πυθοχρήστης (sent by the Pythian oracle)
ἱλασμός (a means of appeasing)
θυηπόλος (busy about sacrifices)
θέσπισμα (oracular sayings)
αἴτησις (a request)
ἀλεξιφάρμακον (an antidote)
Ἀδώνια (the mourning for Adonis)
χαριστήριος (of or for thanksgiving)
ὀρέγω (I reach)
κλητός (called)
παράκλητος (Called to aid)
συνέστιος (sharing one's hearth or house)
ἀμήνιτος (not angry or wrathful)
ὁμόσπονδος (sharing in the drink-offering)
καταγγέλλω (to denounce)
ἐνθύμιος (taken to heart)
ἔκκλητος (selected to judge or arbitrate)
ἰσόμοιρος (sharing equally or alike)
ἐπίπνους (breathed upon)
ψυχαγωγός (leading souls to the nether world)
δύσκριτος (hard to discern or interpret)
ἐξέτασις (a close examination)
εὐλογητός (blessed)
ἀντιστασιώτης (one of the opposite faction or party)
εἰσηγητής (one who brings in)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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Sense

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listening or giving ear to

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